Mr
William
Alfred
Craig
Born in Nelson, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Craig
and Louisa Armstrong (Wood) Craig
Brother of
Joseph James Craig, Thomas John Craig, Sarah Louisa (Craig) Rosser, Albert Andrew Craig, Ernest Arthur Craig, Emily Agnes (Craig) Hood, Herbert Richard Craig and Henry Oliver Craig
Husband of
Florence Eugenia (Preece) Craig
— married
4 Jan 1894 (to 1908) in New Zealand
Husband of
Florence Jane (Aitken) Craig
— married
12 Jul 1911 in New Zealand
[children unknown]
Died
at age 78
in New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 26 May 2018
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Biography
William was born in 1870. He was the son of Joseph Craig and Louisa Wood. He served in the Boer War.
He married three times. First to Florence Eugenie Preece.[1] They seperated shortly after their marriage and divorced in 1908.[2] He then married Florence Jane Aitken.[3] She passed away the same year. He then married Kathleen Harris in 1914.[4]
He passed away in 1948.
Sources
- ↑ NZ BDM marriage registration no. 1894/79 Florence Eugine Preece & William Alfred Craig
- ↑ Divorce Cases, Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 131, 3 June 1908, Page 4, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19080603.2.38
- ↑ NZ BDM marriage registration no. 1911/4510 Florence Jane Aitken & William Alfred Craig
- ↑ NZ BDM marriage registration no. 1914/471 Kathleen Joseph Mary Harris & William Alfred Craig
- NZ Births, Deaths & Marriages Online
- "New Zealand, Obituaries, 1844-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPRH-YHXL : 19 January 2021), William Alfred Craig, 2 Jul 1948; citing New Zealand, various New Zealand newspapers; FHL microfilm 7,832,338.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~3.12%
Margaret (Mahoney) Logie
:
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Janice Whiteside :
23andMe
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~1.56%
Carole Riley :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A159977 [compare], Ancestry member CaroleGRiley
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T844915 [compare], FTDNA kit #222285
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~1.56%
Irene (Fenton) Bell :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member nomaxirene
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~0.78%
Leanne White :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member made_withlove
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